α-CGRP   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 681

Synonyms: α-calcitonin gene-related peptide (αCGRP, human) | calcitonin gene-related peptide 1 (CGRP)
Comment: This peptide is an isoform of calcitonin, encoded by the same gene and produced by alternative splicing. Please note that each peptide is represented by a different UniProt ID.
Species: Human
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Classification Click here for help
Compound class Endogenous peptide in human, mouse or rat
Ligand families/groups Neuropeptides
Synonyms Click here for help
α-calcitonin gene-related peptide (αCGRP, human) | calcitonin gene-related peptide 1 (CGRP)
Gene/Precursor Click here for help
Gene symbol Gene name Species Precursor protein name Synonyms
CALCA calcitonin related polypeptide alpha Human preprocalcitonin CALC1, calcitonin, calcitonin 1, calcitonin-related polypeptide alpha
Database Links Click here for help
Specialist databases
GPCRdb Ligand alpha-CGRP
Other databases
CAS Registry No. 90954-53-3 (Hs)
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000110680 (Hs)
Entrez Gene 796
GtoPdb PubChem SID 135651608
Human Protein Atlas ENSG00000110680 (Hs)
UniProtKB P06881 (Hs)